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Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.

Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi).

Having few petals.

Having few sepals.

A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

Having few seeds.

Producing few young.

Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the foot, of certain mollusks.

Delighted beyond measure.

Too strong a light. Bacon.

Glimmering or imperfect [R.] Bp. Warburton.

A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen flame. Coal gas (producing the oxygas light), or the vapor of ether (oxyether light) or methylated spirit (oxyspirit light), may be substituted for hydrogen.

Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.

Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.

A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by its brightness the voltage of the current.

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer.

One who, or that which, plights.

A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.

Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.] The foe is profligate, and run. Hudibras.